Thirteen islands from Greenland to Brazil, and why we would not send you to the swimming pigs. Madeira and Bermuda lie at almost the same latitude on …
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The 10 Clearest Waters in the World, Ranked by Measurement
The water that actually holds the records is colder, harder to reach and nothing like the postcard. (Sorry.) The picture in your head is a metre or two …
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15 Ancient Towns and Villages Where People Still Actually Live
Who really has the oldest village in Italy, the oldest city in Europe and the oldest in the Americas — plus the beautiful ones that miss two thousand …
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The Most Beautiful Places on Google Earth — and What They Look Like When You Land
What the satellite images keep in frame — the car park, the power plant, the one road in — and where to stand instead. A travel photograph is a series …
Modern Architecture in Germany: 15 Buildings That Tell the Whole Century
Our century of German modernism — from a 1911 shoe-last factory to a chapel two farmers built themselves. German architecture, in the popular …
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The 12 Most Beautiful Lakes in the Himalayas
One of these is two-thirds in another country's hands. Another you may look at, but no longer swim in. Nobody stumbles onto a Himalayan lake. The Alps …
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Fjaðrárgljúfur: The Iceland Canyon Justin Bieber Made Famous
He filmed here in 2015. The rangers blamed the mud — and that is what tells you when to go. Nothing on the drive prepares you. You turn off Iceland's …
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10 Places in Taiwan That Don’t Look Like Earth
Bioluminescent water, an acid-green reef, mudstone badlands, and a bay that runs milk-turquoise over a live volcano. Taiwan's strangest sights have one …
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Aquaduct Veluwemeer: The Dutch Water Bridge Where Boats Sail Over the Road
You can sail over it, cycle under it, or drive through it in ten seconds without noticing a thing. North of Harderwijk, the N302 does something no road …
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Bruges or Ghent? How to Spend a First Weekend in Flanders
From a canal bend that clears the moment the day-trippers leave to a graffiti alley that looks different every week — picking one Flemish city for two …
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